In April of 1999, a woman who called herself Cobalt came to one of our sweat lodges. In the lodge she sang a chant that she'd written. Right after the sweat, I had her sing into the built in microphone on my computer so we would not forget the chant. The sound quality is less than perfect, but it captures the moment. I've cleaned it up and converted it to an MP3.

There are so many uses for this chant. I love it.

- Ivo

Lyrics

Shed, Release

Whatever It Takes, Whoever You Are. Heal The Wounds, Erase The Scars

Allow Your Hearts To Be Wide Open. Shed, Release, Return Unbroken

How Many Times Have You Gone Within. Only To Find Yourself There Again

This is chant written during the Big Ice Storm of '94 at Seelie Court in Delaware. We were actually housebound for 6 1/2 days without electricity and keeping warm with a wood stove. We did many things to pass the time including writing this chant. The authors are James E. Dickinson, Ivo Dominguez, Jr., Michael G. Smith, Nancy G. Stewart, & James C. Welch.

Bile (Bee-Lay) is a Celtic God often represented as a Tree that whose roots go to the depths deyond the Earth and whose branches reach the above Heavens. Some types of Druids, and other pagans, use it the Bile Tree as the axis mundi in the center of their rituals.